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Loretta Lynn plans 87th birthday all-star tribute concert

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music queen Loretta Lynn has big plans for her 87th birthday this April in the form of an all-star tribute concert featuring Jack White, Garth Brooks, George Strai...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Roy Clark, ‘Hee Haw’ star, has died at 85

Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as “Yesterday When I was Young” a...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Barbershop Harmony Society to integrate women after 80 years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After 80 years of being a male-only organization, the Barbershop Harmony Society has announced that women will be allowed to join the a capella singing organization. ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Loretta Lynn returns after stroke to honor Alan Jackson

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country star Alan Jackson, the late guitarist and singer Jerry Reed and songwriter Don Schlitz were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday. Coun...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Many in country music mum over gun issues after Vegas deaths

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When singer Meghan Linsey first started her country duo Steel Magnolia, a partnership with the National Rifle Association was suggested as a way to grow their audience. ...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Glen Campbell, superstar entertainer of 1960s and ’70s, dies

Singer diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2011

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Last duet: Kenny, Dolly announce final performance together

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two of country music’s biggest stars, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, whose onstage chemistry spawned hit duets like “Islands in the Stream” and “Real Love,” will be making...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Glen Campbell’s last record ‘was therapeutic,’ says daughter

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Glen Campbell’s last record, “Adios,” is a swan song for the ailing Grammy-winning performer and TV personality, but his daughter said the recording was also therapeutic f...

DATE: Jun 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bono-roo: U2 make their first U.S. festival appearance

MANCHESTER, Tenn. – U2 turned their first headlining appearance at a U.S. music festival into Bono-roo. The Irish rockers performed a two-hour set on Friday night at the Bonnaroo ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Butch Trucks, founding member of Allman Brothers, dies at 69

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Drummer Butch Trucks, one of the founding members of the Southern rock legend The Allman Brothers, has died. He was 69. Page Stallings, Trucks’ booking agent, s...

DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Politically charged BET Awards honor Prince, Muhammad Ali

A politically charged BET Awards delivered an exciting night of tributes for Prince and Muhammad Ali between calls for action over gun violence, civil rights and presidential politics. These...

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Singer Cyndi Lauper adds country record to her career

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pop singer, songwriter and Broadway musical composer Cyndi Lauper added a little country twang to her signature Queens accent. Her country and western covers a...

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment